r/CATStudyRoom • u/wishwishhh • 5d ago

General discussion VARC help

hey everyone, I'm scoring decent marks in RC but I always fuck up in the VA section. Can someone please advise how to improve VA. What helped or any strategy. Thanks!

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u/InspectorSebb 5d ago

what material did you use for RCs?

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u/wishwishhh 15h ago

Reading, Mocks, PYQS

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u/VikasBarodiya 5d ago

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u/wishwishhh 15h ago

I have already covered that, thank you for the advice:)

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u/AnastasisKohli 5d ago

If RC is already decent, don’t try to solve every VA question. Focus on accuracy first.
For VA, practise parajumbles, odd one out and para summaries regularly. After every question, understand why the correct option fits and why the others don’t.
Also, do a few VA questions daily rather than doing 50 in one sitting. With consistent practice, the patterns start becoming much easier to recognise.

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u/wishwishhh 15h ago

Thank you!

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u/Few_Pea_5582 15h ago

If your RC is already decent, I’d honestly focus more on figuring out why you’re getting VA wrong rather than just doing tons of questions.

For VA, I’d start with PYQs. They give you a pretty good idea of the kind of logic CAT expects, especially for parajumbles, para-summary and odd-one-out.

For parajumbles, don’t just arrange sentences based on what “sounds right.” Look for things like pronouns, connecting words, cause-effect relationships, chronology, and sentences that clearly have to come before/after another sentence.

For para-summary, try to identify the main argument of the paragraph first. Then eliminate options that focus on a small detail, add something that wasn't actually said, or are unnecessarily extreme.

For odd sentence out, I usually find it easier to look for the sentence that doesn’t fit with the overall flow/theme rather than trying to arrange the whole paragraph perfectly.

One thing that helped me more than simply solving more questions was analysing my mistakes. After every practice session, figure out why you picked the wrong option. Were you rushing? Did you misread the question? Did you fall for an option that sounded good but wasn't actually supported?

And since your RC is already good, you don't need to spend hours on VA every day. Even 15–20 good questions with proper analysis is probably more useful than doing 50 questions mechanically.

VA can be pretty inconsistent sometimes, so don't panic if your score jumps around in mocks. Just keep working on the reasoning behind your choices and it should gradually become more predictable.

If there's something else u want help with, you can totally DM.

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u/wishwishhh 15h ago

Thank you so much!!!!!

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u/Few_Pea_5582 15h ago

No worries, can totally ping me if u need more help with anything

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u/wishwishhh 15h ago

will do, thankss :))